Air India started its direct, non-stop, thrice-a-week flights from Delhi to Madrid. Speaking at the inaugural launch of the Delhi-Madrid flight, Air India Director-Commercial, Pankaj Srivastava, said the flight will bring the two countries closer and will take less than 9 hours to reach Madrid from Delhi.

The Canadian team seems to have been hit the most as 12 players of the 18-members squad are of Indian origin and have their ancestral roots in the country. In fact two players - Floys Mascrenhas and Ganga Singh were born in India before migrating to Canada.